Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1037-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1037-2026
Data description paper
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06 Feb 2026
Data description paper |  | 06 Feb 2026

GVCCS: a dataset for contrail identification and tracking on visible whole sky camera sequences

Gabriel Jarry, Ramon Dalmau, Philippe Very, Franck Ballerini, and Stefania-Denisa Bocu

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GVCCS : Ground Visible Camera Contrail Sequences Gabriel Jarry et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16419651

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The Ground Visible Camera Contrail Sequences (GVCCS) dataset provides annotated video sequences of aircraft contrails recorded by a ground-based camera in the visible spectrum. Each contrail is segmented, tracked, and, where possible, attributed to individual flights. A baseline model based on panoptic segmentation is also provided to demonstrate instance-level detection. This dataset enables empirical analysis of contrail lifecycle and supports the validation and calibration of physical models.
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